Re: 50th anniversary of realtime looping?

[Matthias Grob <matilists@gmail.com>]

certainly they glued tape to loops in the 50ies, so studio looping is older
as far as I understood, Les Paul brought ready tapes to stage
and lovelooping started with the two tape machine idea
unfortunately I do not have time to research this

On 17 Aug 2012, at 06:50, Dave Draper wrote:

> On 17/08/2012 03:40, Tyler wrote:
>> Hello! Will you tell me about this thing next year with the 50th 
>> anniversary of live looping? I'm
>> guessing it has something to do with tape delay. Were there any 
>> recordings that prove 1960s realtime
>> looping? Give me more details; I think I can arrange something. Tell me 
>> when this anniversary is.
>> I think I can ask Google to do a "Doodle" (you know, the modified logo 
>> for the special occasion)
>> for the live looping anniversary.
>> Tyler Z
>> 
> 
> Wasn't Les Paul doing it in the fifties? I feel it must be older than 
> fifty years somehow?
> Dave
>